Archives

Here's to the fools who dream.

20162 h 08 min

Click an icon to see more

Overview

Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.

I’ve been looking forward to this film with a ridiculous amount of anticipation which as we know often goes badly wrong, but NOT this time!

Everything about this film is wonderful, except maybe for the cheesy first five minutes. Get through that, leave your cynicism at the door and prepare for some cinema joy. This is the musical made fresh with passion and delightful exuberance. Emma Stone is both feisty and vulnerable as Mia. Ryan Gosling plays Sebastian with just right amount of buttoned up-ness. The dancing is gorgeous, the colours are sunny and warm. I hate jazz (or maybe I don’t now!) but the music was fabulous. Oh it even has a touch of ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’.

Seriously this is the best antidote to the gloomy January blues, and if you even have a tiny sliver of romance in your icy, cynical heart go and see it!